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In a new health balance, the local authorities highlighted the low number of active infections of Covid_19 that the Coquimbo Region currently registers.
“Today we must mourn the death of a person due to the Coronavirus, living in the commune of Ovalle,” said the Minister of Health, Alejandro García.
In addition, the authority reported 14 new cases of the disease, of which 4 correspond to Coquimbo, 1 to Vicuña, 8 to Ovalle and 1 to Punitaqui.
“With this, we reached a total of 12,777 accumulated cases, of which 61 remain with active contagion,” he added.
The health authority reiterated that, in the event of any symptoms of the virus, you should go immediately to a health center to perform the PCR test.
“We are conducting massive and free operations throughout the region, so that they can be informed through our official channels of the places where they will be located and the schedules to be able to schedule in advance, comply with all sanitary measures and take the exam to know if it is a asymptomatic case of Coronavirus ”, he said.
Network status
For his part, the director (S) of the Coquimbo Health Service, Edgardo González, referred to the number of beds currently available in the Coquimbo Region.
“Our Assistance Network has a 72% occupancy of beds. In other words, of the 1,166 current staffing, 311 are available. In relation to the beds of the Critical Patient Units, we can mention that we have 7 ICU beds, which are those with mechanical ventilators and 12 ICUs, ”he said.
In addition, he delivered the report of patients hospitalized in the region. “I would like to mention that, of the 773 people hospitalized in the Coquimbo Region, 20 remain hospitalized as a result of Covid_19 and 4 are seriously ill and connected to mechanical ventilation. In addition, 18 people are in home hospitalization as a result of the Covid ”, he commented.
Finally, the director (S) delivered the report of the health personnel affected by the virus. “Currently, 9 officials from the Health Service and hospitals have tested positive for the virus, and 26 are in preventive quarantine. While in Primary Health Care (PHC), again no officials are reported who have tested positive for the virus, and 13 are kept in quarantine.
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